STURBRIDGE — A 42-year-old Maine woman who has been charged with trafficking heroin and speeding is being held on $10,000 cash bail.

Tina M. Hazard of Rumford, Maine, was arraigned Wednesday in Dudley District Court. A pretrial hearing is slated for Aug. 21.

At 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Ms. Hazard was driving a Chevrolet Malibu on Interstate 84 east and was stopped for speeding, according to Trooper Ryan D. Shepherd's report.

After a warrant check revealed she appeared to be wanted on charges of disorderly person and resisting arrest, on 2001 warrants from Lawrence District Court, the officer asked Ms. Hazard to get out of the car and she was placed into the rear of the cruiser without being handcuffed.

Her passenger, Russell Metze, was also charged with trafficking of heroin. Arraignment information on Mr. Metze was not available Thursday.

Dakar, a drug-sniffing dog, alerted officers to the odor of narcotics in the area of the console by the front passenger's seat police said.

Police searched the car and found, between the front passenger's seat and the center console, a large plastic bag containing many bundles of waxpaper bags held together with elastics and containing heroin.

A similar large plastic bag with heroin was found in a Styrofoam cup in the cup holder on the passenger-side door, and six more wax paper bags containing heroin were found in an Old Gold cigarette pack in the glove box.